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Summary
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P-47_Thunderbolt" class="extiw" title="en:P-47 Thunderbolt">Republic P-47Ds</a> of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/22d_Fighter_Squadron" class="extiw" title="en:22d Fighter Squadron">22d Fighter Squadron</a>, 36th Fighter Group, at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Kingsnorth_(WWII)" class="extiw" title="en:RAF Kingsnorth (WWII)">RAF Kingsnorth</a>, England. Serials 44-20211 and 44-19864 identifiable. The aircraft behind 3T-S/44-20211 is P-47D-22-RE 42-26041 coded 3T-A and nicknamed "Doogan". Aircraft 864 was lost to ground fire on Christmas Eve of that year with LT Charles J. Loring, Jr. at the controls, and he became a POW. During the Korean War, Loring was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor.
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| current | 15:20, 14 January 2017 | | 600 × 370 (56 KB) | 127.0.0.1 (talk) | <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P-47_Thunderbolt" class="extiw" title="en:P-47 Thunderbolt">Republic P-47Ds</a> of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/22d_Fighter_Squadron" class="extiw" title="en:22d Fighter Squadron">22d Fighter Squadron</a>, 36th Fighter Group, at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Kingsnorth_(WWII)" class="extiw" title="en:RAF Kingsnorth (WWII)">RAF Kingsnorth</a>, England. Serials 44-20211 and 44-19864 identifiable. The aircraft behind 3T-S/44-20211 is P-47D-22-RE 42-26041 coded 3T-A and nicknamed "Doogan". Aircraft 864 was lost to ground fire on Christmas Eve of that year with LT Charles J. Loring, Jr. at the controls, and he became a POW. During the Korean War, Loring was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor. |
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